Johann André Forfang

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Johann André Forfang
Country Norway
Born (1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 (age 28)
Tromsø, Norway
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Ski clubTromsø SK
Personal best245 m (804 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2016
World Cup career
Seasons2015–present
Starts151
Podiums15
Wins3
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Lahti Team LH
Men's ski flying
Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Oberstdorf Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Planica Team
Updated on 31 January 2021.

Johann André Forfang (born 4 July 1995) is a Norwegian ski jumper and 2018 team Olympic champion.

Career

Like his older brother Daniel Forfang he represents the club Tromsø SK. Forfang made his World Cup debut in December 2014. He won team gold medal FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 with his teammates in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf.[2] His first individual world cup victory was in Titisee-Neustadt on 12 March 2016.[3] In 2018 he won the last worldccup before the Olympic Games in Willingen. At the 2018 Olympic Games he gained a silver medal in normal hill individual and he is Olympic Champion 2018 with the Norway skijumping team (Andreas Stjernen, Daniel-André Tande, Robert Johansson). On 1 December 2018 he won the world cup in Tagil (Russia).

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed Team NH
Sweden 2015 Falun – 18 – –
Finland 2017 Lahti 7 12 2nd place, silver medalist(s) –
Austria 2019 Seefeld 7

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2014/15 23 21 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 5 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 27 – 15 6 N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 7 9 6 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018/19 8 16 9 5 11 N/A 9
2019/20 12 6 9 23 12 6 N/A
2020/21 19 19 35 N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2015/16 12 March 2016   Germany Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142 LH
2 2017/18 4 February 2018   Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 LH
3 2018/19 1 December 2018   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) LH

Individual starts (151)

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Points
2014/15 Klingenthal Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Oslo Planica Planica 325
– – – DQ – – – 12 19 28 19 12 43 13 14 21 37 16 – – – – 10 3 49 24 11 9 37 9 15
2015/16 Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Lahti Kuopio Almaty Almaty Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Planica Planica Planica 1240
9 12 3 5 3 14 4 8 4 4 7 9 5 19 2 18 8 2 7 6 10 5 – – 4 1 2 3 3
2016/17 Kuusamo Kuusamo Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Wisła Zakopane Willingen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 197
24 46 43 33 q – – – – – – 32 6 42 26 – – – – – – 10 6 4 q 9
2017/18 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lahti Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 821
18 2 3 15 7 31 4 7 9 19 13 30 6 7 1 10 5 6 6 9 2 8
2018/19 Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Willingen Willingen Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 892
10 13 9 1 2 4 15 25 22 21 17 11 12 4 q 10 7 8 8 7 10 9 9 5 5 7 8 8
2019/20 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Tauplitz Tauplitz Râșnov Râșnov Lahti Lahti Oslo Lillehammer 579
16 DQ 13 14 7 6 12 15 9 7 11 9 6 4 13 16 34 22 6 16 7 14 10 36 16 21 48
2020/21 Wisła Ruka Ruka Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Lahti Willingen Willingen Klingenthal Klingenthal Szczyrk Szczyrk Râșnov Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 204
– DQ 5 20 7 18 20 35 9 25 26 13 34 32 13 45 23

References

  1. ^ "Johann Andre FORFANG". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Victory for Norway's ski flyers". The Norwegian American. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Forfang beats overall winner Prevc to win ski jumping WCup". yahoo. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

External links

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